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Re:Kazakhstan to restrict crypto miners amid power shortages by TomSwirly on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @02:57PM (#29098857)
> The Sun is not a limited resource,

Photovoltaic cells and the materials to use them _are_ limited and the amount of power produced by solar today is _very_ limited.

> not until we're a K2 civilization anyway

People should read less science-fiction and look at the actual world as it exists today.

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Re:Kazakhstan to restrict crypto miners amid power shortages by politician on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @03:21PM (#29099122)
Yes, let's look at the actual world as it exists today: the land area required to power the annual global energy consumption (110 TWh) with the inefficient solar panels that we have today is smaller than the US state of New Mexico.

How's that for pragmatics?

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